Inking device or attachment more particularly for use with addressing machines



L. M. BARMAN INKING DEVICE OR ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITHADDRESSING MACHINES Filed Aug. 21,

Patented July 1, 1924.

srArEs FATE LOUIS MAURICE BABIVIAN, or LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR ToRONEULIMITED, on

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LONDON, ENGLAND, A BRITISH. COMPANY.

INKING DEVICE on ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY Eon USE WITH ADDRESSINGMACHINES. j, i 1 1 Application. filed August 21, 1922. Serial No.583,420.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MAURICE BAR MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Roneo Building, 5 H01- 5 born, London, E.C. .1, England, Great Britain, have invented new: and usefulImprovements in an Inking Device or Attachment More Particular y for Usewith Addressing Machines,.-of which the following is a specification. c

The present invention relates to an improved inking device or attachmentmore particularly for use with addressing machines of the type whereinstencil cards are employed, and has special reference to means wherebyeven distribution of the ink from a set of distributing rollers to theprinting segmented roller is attained so that the address printed onenvelopes, wrappers, labels or the like is more clearly and sharplydefined than has hitherto been the case.

In the former specification of Letters Patent No. 1,411,398 the inkingdevice or attachment comprised an ink container operable in conjunctionwith one of a set of ink distributing rollers mounted in arms supportedfrom one of the hopper walls, the said ink distributing rollers beingoperated by hand for collecting. ink thereon from the ink container anddistributing the ink so collected over the set of rollers, and

during the printing action, operated by frictional contact with thesegmented inking roller, which is similarly rotated by a segmentedpressing roller secured on a shaft rotated by gearing.

In the invention thus briefly described the inking surfaces of thedistributing rollers are always in fixed contact with each other, andthe present invention has for its object to provide means whereby newpoints of contact of one of the distributing rollers are presented tothe surfaces of the other rollers whereby a more even film of ink isimparted to the surface of the segmented inking roller, and consequently sharper and more clearly defined prints are obtained from thestencil.

roller (2).

presser roller.

The invention will nowbefully described with reference to theacompanying drawings, whereon Fig. 1, shows a complete view of anaddressing machine of the type described.

Fig. 2 is a side view ofpart of'the machine towhich the applied, Fig. 3is a plairrview of Fig. 2.

present invention ,is-

Referring to Fig. 1, the addressing/ma;-

chine comprises a frameA which supports a stationary slideway or trackB.Secured on the: slideway or track is a hopper, a magazine consisting oftwo standards or walls ,0 which contain the stencil cards D, thelowermost card of the pile resting on the slideway or track. p

Supported from one of the standards C is a pair of arms or brackets Ewhich carry two of a set of ink distributing rollers, while a thirdroller F supported in lugs from the arms E contacts with an ink rollerfitted in the ink container G. The machine is operated by the handle H,the gearing for the machine being enclosed within the casing J, andcomprising a spur gear the shaft of which (1) supports the handle H andalso has secured thereon the mutilated or segmented inking roller (2).The said spur gear drives a second spur gear the shaft of which carriesa mutilated or segmented presser roller (not shown) which presses thestencil card and envelope,

fed by hand at the back of the machine,

between the presser roller and the inking The second which actuates areciprocating pusher member K which moves in the slideway or track B toremove a stencil card D from the pile and push it to the printingposition between the mutilated inking roller (2) and: the The stencilcards as they are used fall into the hopper L. I

To the shaft (1) carrying the mutilated inking roller (2) is secured,atis free end, a pinion, which operates, --through an idler wheel (4)mounted on a stud secured to the pivoted arms or brackets E, a. pinion(5) gear drives a third gear v (7) supporting .in engagement with anidler wheel (10) V roller mounted on a stud (11) secured in the arms andsaid stud has also secured thereon a skew disc (12) the face of whichengages a groove formed in a collar (18) fitted on or made in one piecewith a spindle (l-it) upon which is secured the intermediatedistributing roller (15). V

The ends of the spindle (14;) project from the bearings (16), on eachside.

The intermediate distributing roller is in constant contact. withrollers (8) and F, the latter contacting at will with the ink roller inthe container G and bein rotated by frictional contact with roller 15).

In 0 eration, the ink received by the from the ink container Gr is imparted over the whole surface of the oscillating roller (15) moved uponits spindle by the skew disc 12. The ink from roller (15) is therebytranslated to the roller (8) in a wiping manner and roller (8) transmitsthe ink collected by this wiping action in an even film to the mutilatedor segmented inking roller (2) which forces the ink through theperforated stencil on to the envelope, wrapper, label or the like whensaid roller (2) contacts with the mutilated or segmented presser roller.Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is as follows r 7 Means for obtaining aneven film of ink for printing addresses comprising a set of distributingrollers carried in arms or brackets depending from a side standard, apinion mounted upon the foremost distributing roller shaft engaging anidle wheel secured to one of the arms or brackets, a

skew disc: operable with said idle whrel,

LOUIS MAURICE BARMAN.

